Born: (1948-10-26) October 26, 1948 (age 75) Sissonville, West Virginia, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 5, 1969, for the Washington Senators
Last MLB appearance
October 4, 1986, for the Texas Rangers
MLB statistics
Batting average
.264
Home runs
195
Runs batted in
918
Teams
As player
Washington Senators / Texas Rangers (1969, 1971–1978)
Cleveland Indians (1979–1983)
New York Yankees (1984)
Texas Rangers (1985–1986)
As manager
Texas Rangers (1992)
Career highlights and awards
4× All-Star (1972, 1975, 1976, 1982)
Texas Rangers Hall of Fame
Colbert Dale "Toby" Harrah (born October 26, 1948) is an American former professional baseball player. He played as a shortstop and third baseman in Major League Baseball from 1969 to 1986. Harrah played the majority of his career for the Texas Rangers franchise, including his rookie season during the team's final year as the (Washington Senators era) in 1971. He also played for the Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees. In 1992, he briefly served as manager of the Rangers. Harrah most recently served as the assistant hitting coach for the Detroit Tigers.
Colbert Dale "Toby" Harrah (born October 26, 1948) is an American former professional baseball player. He played as a shortstop and third baseman in Major...
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the 1978 season Bell was traded to the Texas Rangers in exchange for TobyHarrah — another solid, veteran third baseman. Bell enjoyed his best season...
seasons, he was replaced by Bobby Valentine, who in turn was replaced by TobyHarrah during midseason. In 2001, Johnny Oates' poor health forced the Rangers...
one in the fourth inning off Bobby Witt and Jeff Russell respectively. TobyHarrah had hit the first one of the contest off Ken Dixon two innings earlier...
and Rookie of the Year (Jason Isringhausen, and Manager of the Year (TobyHarrah). Norfolk made three more playoff appearances as a Mets affiliate, exiting...
Illustrated in March. That season at Yankee Stadium, Wills and Ranger teammate TobyHarrah hit back-to-back inside-the-park home runs on Saturday, August 27, only...
hurled a complete-game, two-hit shutout, and the Rangers fell, 1–0. TobyHarrah and Hal King had their only hits, both singles, but catcher King made...
Iván Rodríguez (1999), Rafael Palmeiro (1993), Bobby Bonds (1978), and TobyHarrah (1975 and 1977). He did it despite his stress fracture, which kept him...
51.7 289 Earl Averill* 51.6 Luis Gonzalez 51.6 291 Brian Downing 51.5 TobyHarrah 51.5 293 Bobby Doerr* 51.4 294 Carl Mays 51.3 Al Orth 51.3 296 José Altuve...
named later were traded by the Yankees to the Cleveland Indians for TobyHarrah and a player to be named later. On February 8, the deal was completed...
Brown 19 Leo Cárdenas 4 Mike Cubbage 17 Jim Fregosi 21 Mike Hargrove 11 TobyHarrah 27 Roy Howell 24 Pete Mackanin 5 Dave Nelson 7 Lenny Randle 38 Tom...
be named later were traded by the Rangers to the New York Yankees for TobyHarrah. The Rangers completed the deal by sending Eric Dersin (minors) to the...
the Yankees. The dissatisfaction continued when the Yankees acquired TobyHarrah in February 1984, intending to platoon him with Nettles at third base...
Irish poet and scholar 1947 – Kenzo Kitakata, Japanese author 1948 – TobyHarrah, American baseball player and coach 1949 – Antonio Carpio, Filipino lawyer...
1992: Bobby Valentine is fired after seven years as manager. Coach TobyHarrah is named as interim manager. The firing is announced by managing general...
Sporting positions Preceded by TobyHarrah Colorado Rockies Bench Coach 2003–2008 Succeeded by Jim Tracy Preceded by Mark Bailey Houston Astros Bullpen...
Collins Dave DeBusschere Art Ditmar Bob Elliott Nick Etten Curt Flood TobyHarrah Shoeless Joe Jackson Ken Johnson Alex Kellner Al McBean Gene Michael...
Juan Beníquez Bert Blyleven Bert Campaneris Tom Grieve Mike Hargrove TobyHarrah Ken Henderson Jim Sundberg Claudell Washington Bump Wills April 1, 1977:...
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